The AOUSD has been formed by Adobe, Pixar, Nvidia, Autodesk and
The AOUSD has been formed by Adobe, Pixar, Nvidia, Autodesk and
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Nvidia makes contributions to OpenUSD framework for 3D content

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Nvidia has contributed a number of resources, frameworks, and services aimed at accelerating the adoption of Universal Scene Description (USD), known as OpenUSD, as a standard for 3D content.

OpenUSD is a 3D framework designed to foster interoperability between software tools and data types for creating virtual worlds. It has a chance to become the lingua franca of the 3D content, including the universe of virtual worlds known as the metaverse.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.